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Issue: Giant-Size Chillers Featuring Curse of Dracula #1
Publication Date: June 1974
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 03/12/1974
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.35 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (3 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 

Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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Dracula's Daughter!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Subject Matter
horror
Her name is Lilith! She is--
Reprinting
FlagBiblioteca Grandes del Cómic: Drácula #4 published March 2003
FlagMarvel Horror #[4] published ?
FlagCorriere della Paura Presenta Dracula #11 published ?
FlagDie Gruft von Dracula #4 published ?
FlagEssential Tomb of Dracula #1 published January 2004
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
FlagThe Tomb of Dracula Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2008
as none [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #2 published January 2012
as Giant-Size Chillers #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Night of the She-Demon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
horror
Miss Rigby; Lord Henry (death); Hannigan (death); Steve Willingham (death); Officer Wheeling; Gretchin (flashback); Arni (flashback, death)
London at midnight: Tonight, it is a quiet, almost sullen city, nestled deep in muted lights and silenced whispers.
Lilith is revived and Dracula meets Sheila Whittier.
Reprinting
FlagEssential Tomb of Dracula #1 published January 2004
as Night of the She-Demon [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
FlagThe Tomb of Dracula Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2008
as Night of the She-Demon [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Story in three chapters: 8 pp. (no title), 7 pp. (The Ghost on Haunted Hill), & 9 pp.(Demons in the Dark!).

Story continued from Tomb of Dracula (Marvel, 1972 series) #22 and continues in Tomb of Dracula (Marvel, 1972 series) #23.
Here's Love Spray Perfume

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (ad copy)
?'
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Blair
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
Between pages 5 and 6 of first story, top half page.
Crazy #4 and Savage Tales #4

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (promo copy)
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
Promo for Crazy Magazine (Marvel, 1973 series) #4 with cover preview by Kelly Preas with modifications and for Savaga Tales (Marvel, 1971 series) #4 with cover preview by Neal Adams without background and painting. Between pages 5 and 6 of first story, bottom half page.
Monumental Memos of Chillers, Thrillers, and Fillers!

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (promo copy)
? (illustration)
? (illustration)
?
?; typeset
Subject Matter
If you happened to miss the ol' Soapbox last ish, it's becuase I was in sunny Italy and didn't return in time to write it.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
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Between pages 21 and 22 of first story. Stan Lee's Soapbox (Stan writes about the Lucca 9 comic-book convention that he attended in Lucca, Italy. He says the best part of the convention was how there were professors, businessman, scientists, filmmakers, lawyers and many other mature, serious fans in attendance). Items about Giant-Size Super-Stars, featuring Fantastic Four, Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian rotating each month, Giant-Size Chillers, featuring Dracula, Werewolf by Night and Man-Thing rotating each month, Savage Tales is returning starring Conan by the likes of Barry Smith, John Buscema, Gil Kane and Neal Adams, The Living Mummy returns as the star of Supernatural Thrillers, The Golden Voyage of Sinbad will be adapted in Worlds Unknown and due to a last-minute emergency the Bullpen Bonus Page will skip this month but it will return next month to tell about the bargains that will be yours when you amass a complete set of Marvel Value Stamps. Also includes a small promo for Lilith, the daughter of Dracula appearing in Giant-Size Chillers #1.
Keeping Track of Drac!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? (illustration)
? (illustration)
?
typeset
Subject Matter
horror
In case you're wondering, no this is not Tomb of Dracula.
Reprinting
FlagThe Tomb of Dracula Omnibus #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2008
as Keeping Track of Drac! [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
History of the Tomb of Dracula comic and Marv Wolfman's continuity between the various Dracula related titles. Includes an illustration of the upcoming Tigra.
Have You Ever Seen a Huge, Black Vampire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
horror, occult
Gustaff (narrator); Von Grund; Sigmund Hand; Doctor Lipshultz
Flying above you, waiting to swoop down on you?
A police chief of a village is revealed to be a vampire.
Reprinting
FlagMystic #25 published December 1953
was Vampire [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
The Village Graveyard

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
Subject Matter
horror, occult
Carl Dekker
Don't go into that house... It is built right over our cemetery!
A man finds the secret of eternal life, but he doesn't anticipate it as being the recipient of the vampire's kiss.
Reprinting
FlagAdventures into Weird Worlds #4 published January 1952
was The Village Graveyard [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6

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